United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 1912

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United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 1912

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Nominee Woodrow Wilson William Howard Taft Theodore Roosevelt
Party Democratic Republican Progressive
Home state New Jersey Ohio New York
Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Nicholas Murray Butler
(replacing James S. Sherman)
Hiram Johnson
Electoral vote 5 0 0
Popular vote 30,412 27,703 16,878
Percentage 39.04% 35.56% 21.67%

President before election

William Howard Taft
Republican

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

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The 1912 United States Presidential Election in Rhode Island took place on November 5, 1912 as part of the 1912 United States Presidential Election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Rhode Island was won by the Republican nominees, New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson and Indiana Governor Thomas R. Marshall. Wilson and Marshall defeated incumbent President William Howard Taft, and his running mate Vice President James S. Sherman and Progressive Party candidates, former President Theodore Roosevelt and his running mate California Governor Hiram Johnson.

Wilson won Rhode Island by a narrow margin of 3.48 percent, becoming the first Democratic presidential candidate since Franklin Pierce in 1852 to win the state.

Results

United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 1912[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Democratic Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey Thomas Riley Marshall of Indiana 30,412 39.04% 5 100.00%
Republican William Howard Taft of Ohio Nicholas Murray Butler of New York 27,703 35.56% 0 0.00%
Progressive Theodore Roosevelt of New York Hiram Warren Johnson of California 16,878 21.67% 0 0.00%
Socialist Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana Emil Seidel of Wisconsin 2,049 2.63% 0 0.00%
Prohibition Eugene Wilder Chafin of Illinois Aaron Sherman Watkins of Ohio 616 0.79% 0 0.00%
Socialist Labor Arthur Elmer Reimer of Massachusetts August Gillhaus of New York 236 0.30% 0 0.00%
Total 77,894 100.00% 5 100.00%


References

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